Hi All,
This is a first yearly update for the
kitchen garden located at the back of South Church.
Prior Work- In the last couple of weeks we have begun a general clean up
of the garden. The area between the garden fence and stone wall along Oak
street was weeded, raked, covered with cloth and wood chips, thanks to Lenore,
Kalle, & Lisbet Person, and Mark Pennington. The fence around
the garden was also repaired thanks to Dave Person. We also fixed our
small greenhouse which was missing a couple of panels and planted two trays of
seedlings thanks to Solange Viggiano and her husband Ernesto. We also
added worms to our compost pile thanks to the Sunday school children from South
church. 
Current Work- We will continue to water the seedling trays
located inside the greenhouse this week. We also plan to pick up
organic compost for our raised beds. We will begin turning the compost and
depositing new compost to our bins.
Coming Up- We plan to meet this Saturday May 3 between 10 am
and 12 noon. Everyone and anyone who might be interested in the
garden is welcome to come and join us. We will continue with the clean
up, watering and composting. We will also need to determine a schedule for
planting, weeding, and a regular watering schedule.
As in the past the harvest of the
garden will be shared between participating gardeners and the food
pantry. There is also a proposal to collaborate with families from
the Cabrini immigration center but this still needs to be planned
and organized. Our garden follows a communal model where
individuals work in all the different areas instead of having an assigned
plot or bed.
If you know of someone who might be
interested in joining our kitchen garden please share their email or
other contact information with us.
Happy gardening,
Marc Taiano and Solange Viggiano
